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Best free e-commerce platforms

2 e-commerce platforms with a plan that stays free. For each tool you see what is included and when you have to start paying.

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    Shopware

    Online store · for SMEs and large companies

    • Best free option

    German open-source e-commerce platform for SMEs and enterprise, as a free Community Edition or a paid cloud version.

    • EU data
    • iDEAL
    From€0 /monthAlso a free plan
    Visit Shopware

    On the Shopware website

    Free and paid: Community Edition is free, but you arrange hosting and implementation yourself. Paid plans: Rise from €600/month excl. VAT (first 30 days free), Evolve from €2,400/month; the price depends on your revenue through the shop.

  2. 2

    WooCommerce

    Online store · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies

    Free open-source web shop plugin for WordPress that you host yourself, with plugins for payments and shipping.

    • Dutch interface
    • iDEAL
    From€0 /monthAlso a free plan
    Visit WooCommerce

    On the WooCommerce website

    Free and paid: The plugin is free. You pay yourself for hosting (according to WooCommerce $25 to $350/month for most shops) and any extensions ($29 to $299 per year per extension). No revenue share for WooCommerce.

Free here means: with no end date. A free trial of 14 or 30 days does not count. The order follows our overall score; what a tool pays does not count towards it.

Questions about free software

Which e-commerce platforms are free?

Shopware and WooCommerce have a free plan with no end date. With all other e-commerce platforms in our guide you pay, sometimes after a free trial.

Which free e-commerce platforms is the best?

Shopware comes top in our overall score. In the Netherlands check it scores 3 of 6 points. Do check what the free plan includes: you often miss features you need later.